A documentary short about growing up undocumented in America

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I Was Born in Mexico, But... tells the story of a "DREAMer", an undocumented immigrant brought to the U.S. as a child. A toddler when she came here, she grew up thinking she was American, only to find as a teenager that she didn't have papers. Once she found out, she hid her status. Now into her twenties, she is trying to reconcile her American Dream with the reality of not being able to legally drive, work, or reside in the United States.

There are an estimated 1.4 million young people who are in a similar situation. To avoid revealing her identity, the story is told using only her voice, while the visuals are drawn from the collective images of our American culture: educational films, commercials and newsreels that tell us about our nation and its values.